单词 | to make a life |
释义 | > as lemmasto make a life i. to make a life: to live contentedly, successfully, or satisfactorily, esp. in new or difficult circumstances; (also) to make life satisfactory, or to provide the necessities for living, for oneself or another. ΚΠ 1877 Catholic World May 258/2 Many of their young men are forced to make a life for themselves in foreign service or by emigration. 1892 R. Kipling & W. Balestier in Cent. Mag. May 137/2 O Kate, I love you, I need you, and if you'll let me, I'll make a life for you! a1911 D. G. Phillips Susan Lenox (1917) II. xx. 461 You lost belief in me and dropped me. I have begun to make a life for myself. Let me alone. 1928 D. H. Lawrence Lady Chatterley's Lover xvi. 302 We will live together and make a life together, won't we? 1977 F. McDonagh tr. T. Adorno in E. Bloch et al. Aesthetics & Politics 186 The camp follower who uses the Thirty Years' War to make a life for her children thereby becomes responsible for their ruin. 1988 B. Desai Memory of Elephants 233 Now I'm making a life with Jan. 1999 Independent 29 Oct. i. 1/2 Once they have reached the age of adulthood, I would hope they would get as early as possible a release in order to give them some chance of making a life. < as lemmas |
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